Dryworks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Dryworks Farmhouse

WRENN ID
crumbling-foundation-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Dryworks Farmhouse, Altarnun, PL15 7TW
OS grid reference
SX 194 767
Coordinates
50.56257, -4.55115
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dryworks Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around the mid-18th century, with extensions added in the 19th century. It is constructed of granite rubble, with the front face covered in slate, and has large granite quoins. The roof is of rag slate, with gable ends, and features stone rubble end stacks. The original plan likely comprised two rooms and a cross or through passage, with end stacks heating the rooms. In the early 19th century, a wing was added to the rear right, and an outshut to the rear left. The front facade is almost symmetrical and slate-hung, presenting a two-window arrangement. The entrance is located to the right of centre, accessed through an early 19th-century open-fronted stone rubble porch with a slate roof. To the left of the entrance is a 19th-century three-light casement window, and to the right, a two-light casement. The first floor has two 19th-century two-light casement windows. A later 19th-century wing extends to the rear on the right. The interior was not inspected.

Local climate

Dryworks Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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